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Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

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Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesNicaraguaScore RankOVERALL SCORE 45.6 77Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 19.6 86Private sector credit 50.0 =41Building credit histories 28.4 52Women’s access to finance programmes 0.0 =92Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 31.5 =85Starting a business 48.1 65Regulatory quality 34.8 86Mobile telephone subscribers 25.4 83Infrastructure risk 17.6 =96LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 49.0 59LABOUR POLICY 72.1 =36Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 85.7 =3Legal restrictions on job types 75.0 =54Maternity and paternity leave and provision 71.4 =41Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 28.6 =80LABOUR PRACTICE 25.8 91De facto discrimination at work 53.1 86Access to childcare 33.3 =42Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 16.7 =60Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61EDUCATION AND TRAINING 45.7 86Literacy rate, women 72.3 83Primary and secondary education, women 52.8 75SME support/development training 40.0 =76Tertiary education, women 17.6 82WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 78.8 65Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 75.0 =50CEDAW ratification 75.0 =60Adolescent fertility rate 44.0 =98GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceNicaraguaWorld averageBest in WorldNigeriaScore RankOVERALL SCORE 35.7 99Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 25.0 =80Women’s access to finance programmes 50.0 =42Private sector credit 50.0 =41Building credit histories 0.0 =102Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 23.7 102Starting a business 44.9 =73Regulatory quality 27.7 97Mobile telephone subscribers 19.0 94Infrastructure risk 3.3 =111LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 38.1 91LABOUR POLICY 46.4 =90Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Legal restrictions on job types 75.0 =54Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 28.6 =80Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 14.3 =98Maternity and paternity leave and provision 14.3 =87LABOUR PRACTICE 29.7 79De facto discrimination at work 85.5 =14Access to childcare 33.3 =42Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 0.0 =75EDUCATION AND TRAINING 30.7 102Literacy rate, women 54.8 95SME support/development training 40.0 =76Primary and secondary education, women 20.9 106Tertiary education, women 7.2 94WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 58.7 90CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 75.0 =50Freedom of movement, women 50.0 =93Adolescent fertility rate 35.1 104Addressing violence against women 33.3 =95GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceNigeriaWorld averageBest in World82© <strong>Economist</strong> <strong>Intelligence</strong> <strong>Unit</strong> Limited 2010

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